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Art Adams & Barry Windsor-Smith cvr, Windsor-Smith art; Dazzler joins the X-Men; COMIC BOOK IMPACT rating of 6 (CBI)



Artists Information

Known for his high level of detail, this Bronze Age comic artist working for Marvel and then helping to create the creator-owned comic publisher Legend, has been inspiration for many modern artists.

Inker at Marvel and DC, Wiacek worked with John Byrne, Carmine Infantino, John Romita Jr., and Todd McFarlane.

Smith rose to prominence thanks to his incredibly detailed and beautiful work on Marvels' Conan the Barbarian, which employed an approach that had never been seen in comics before. The artist worked on several titles at Marvel in the Silver Age before launching his own pin-up publishing house Gorblimey Press, which he used to release impressive lithos to his fan base. Working through the decades, Smith became more and more disillusioned about the comic industry and its unfair treatment of artists, so he slowly started to withdraw from the business. Occasionally popping up with the odd series of graphic novel. Smith is commonly recognized as one of the great artists in the history of comics. He once created a fictional comic book for Oliver Stone's movie "The Hand" which was based on Conan, and Michael Caine played the lead, a character that was a comic book artist that bore a striking resemblance to Smith.